Lesson 5
Prepared States & Doing in Advance
- 1 他動詞 + て あります（状態） tadoushi + te arimasu (joutai) A state someone made on purpose Someone did it for a reason, and that state is still there now.
- 2 V て-form + おきます V-te okimasu Do it in advance / leave it as it is Getting it done now for later, or leaving it just as it is.
- 3 まだ + 肯定 mada + koutei Still going on まだ does not always mean "not yet" — in a positive sentence it means "still".
- 4 それは 〜 sore wa ~ As for that, it is ~ The way to pick up what the other person just said and react to it.
- 5 「ている・てある・ておく」 te iru / te aru / te oku Which of the three to pick All three sound alike — two questions tell them apart.